Gandhi threatens legal action over alleged vote theft

Rahul Gandhi said the INDIA bloc would pursue the removal and imprisonment of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and legal action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, speaking at a rally in New Delhi on November 1. He accused them of involvement in alleged vote theft, claims that have not been independently established in the reporting. The rally at Ramlila Maidan was part of an INDIA bloc protest demanding Kumar’s removal. Opposition leaders and supporters attended, and a march proceeded to the venue. Participants also protested the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, according to one account. The sources describe the march route differently, so the account here does not specify its starting point. Gandhi said Kumar would be removed from office and jailed, and warned Modi and Shah that they would face legal consequences. He framed the allegations as an attack on democracy and the Constitution, and said the turnout represented young people, farmers and workers. These were statements made at the rally, not findings by a court or election authority. Gandhi also alleged that votes had been manipulated through electronic voting...